Florence Pugh discussed her mixed experiences with intimacy coordinators on film sets, highlighting how they can make sex scenes safer and more respectful, but also noting instances where the job has been mishandled. She emphasized the importance of good coordination in understanding the intimacy 'dance' and how it empowers female actors, while also sharing her own past discomfort with poorly managed scenes.
An exhibition of the sets, props, costumes, and artwork used in Wes Anderson's latest film, Asteroid City, has opened at 180 The Strand in London. The exhibition aims to immerse visitors in the film's fictitious world, a desert town in 1950s America famous for its meteor crater and celestial observatory. The exhibition features large sets, costumes, and props spread across three main spaces, with audio clips and parts of the film projected onto walls referencing scenes relevant to the nearby displays. Visitors can interact with some of the sets and props, and the exhibition ends with a recreation of a luncheonette featured in the movie where visitors can order food and drink.
Actor Daniel Radcliffe and his partner, actress Erin Darke, have welcomed their first child. The baby's sex and date of birth have not been disclosed. Radcliffe and Darke have been together for a decade and have worked together on several projects. Radcliffe has previously expressed his desire for his children to experience film sets without the fame that comes with it.
Hugh Grant thinks film sets are "weird" nowadays because people aren't as close as they used to be due to phones. He believes that if phones were banned on set, there would be more affairs. Grant also joked about his "incredible ass" during his appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert while promoting his upcoming movie, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.